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I've been tinkering with cascades and cometes seeing what I can add to them and came up with a new combo for my trick bag. I've never seen it before but I'm sure someone had to have done something similar. I'm calling it an alley oop for lack of a better name atm or the name it already has. ITs basically a half axel into an upside down insane type rotation. SOmeone told me the 2nd half of it is called an underwing but I can't find that trick anywhere. Heres a vid of it.

I think this is cool...although I wonder if there is some cleaning up to do?

I am only wondering if you feel there is a perfect Alley Opp where X, Y, and Z are just so?

I am not one to support the naming of new tricks...especially combos. This doesn't fall into this category for me, so kudos. On the other hand, very few agree with my interpretation of things of this nature.

obi

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I think this is cool...although I wonder if there is some cleaning up to do?

I am only wondering if you feel there is a perfect Alley Opp where X, Y, and Z are just so?

I am not one to support the naming of new tricks...especially combos. This doesn't fall into this category for me, so kudos. On the other hand, very few agree with my interpretation of things of this nature.

obi

Well in order to get it to completely come around it has to flow smoothly. YOU use some of the momentum from the initial half axel to help. if you do a positive stop on the half axel part it won't come all the way around when you do the 2nd input and the entry has to get the full half axel rotation. IF you come out with the nose closer to the 5 o'clock position like you do in a comete it won't work. YOu hit the half axel(2 pop) and just as it comes out of the half axel with the nose at 3 o'clock you pull the bottom wing with an insane input to get the rest of the rotation. Its still a work in progress but this is the cleanest I've done it. The timing is tricky and it always fails when I let the half axel completely stop. When it come around right you can pull out of the trick anywhere from nose at 6 o'clock to nose at 3 o'clock like I do in the vid and it looks good.

yea it doesn't always come around if your off a bit. I'm still working on it myself nailing down the timing and inputs better to see what has to happen. THe key is the inputs and timing pulling out of the half axel into the flip but I can't quite explain it fully yet except that its similar to an insane.

That is the way my first tries of a comete look liked...allways good to try new stuff...thanks

Heh thats how this started. Wrong input for a comete then the "damn screwed up the comet but that looked neat I wonder if I can do it again on purpose" BTW if your trying this it works easier off center in the window where you can use the wind to help push it through the flip

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